5 Years After BP Oil Spill, Effects Linger And Recovery Is Slow

April 20, 2015 7:47 AM

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Pelicans are nesting at Queen Bess island in Barataria Bay. Five years ago, the nesting season here was marred by the oil gushing out of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Five years ago, BP's out-of-control oil well deep in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. Eleven workers were killed on the Deepwater Horizon rig. But it was more than a deadly accident — the blast unleashed the nation's worst offshore environmental catastrophe.